Profile

– Bachelor (1981) in chemistry, Kyoto Institute of Technology
– Master (1983) and PhD (1986) in chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
(Liquid crystalline materials for photoconductivity)
– R&D division, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (1986-1990)
(Organic nonlinear optical materials and their SHG devices)
– Government Industrial Research Institute, Osaka (GIRIO) operated by Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) (1990-4)
-Osaka National Research Institute (ONRI) (1994-2000) on the reorganisation of GIRIO.
-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Kansai Centre (2001-2017) on the organisation reconstructure involving all institutes of METI (The former MITI)
-Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) (2017-)

Research Field : Liquid crystal chemistry, Organic electronic and photonic materials and devices

Academic Society Membership

The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society (JLCS), International Liquid Crystal Society (ILSC), The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ), Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) , The Japanese Photochemical Association (JPA)), Kinka Chemical Society, The American Chemical Society (ACS) , The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Osaka International Science Club

Academic Activity

Board member : 142nd committee of organic materials for information technology, Japan Science Promotion Society (JSPS) (2009-), The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society (JLCS, 2004-05, 2010-12 as The Vice President and 2014-16 as The President ), Kinka Chemical Society (2015-)